Among the Black Waves, Decorado Take Home 2017 Anima Awards

Britt Raes, Theo Ushev, Your Name among the other winners of the Brussels animation fest.

The 36th Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Anima 2017, came to a close on Sunday evening with an attendance that greatly exceeded the record of 42,000 visitors reached last year.

The international jury - made up of Rémi Durin (Enclume Animation, BE), Graham Annable (LAIKA, US) and Annettte Schindler (Fantoche, CH) - decided to award the Anima 2017 Grand Prix to the Russian short filmAmong the Black Waves by Anna Budanova, who received 2,500 Euros offered by the Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.

The jury also gave its special award to Decorado, a short film by the Spanish filmmaker Alberto Vazquez and the best student short film went to the young Korean Jang Nari for My Father's Room.

Decorado

The young jury, made up of representatives from the webtv Ceci n'est pas un Buzz and Ouftivi, rewarded La Cage by Loïc Bruyère as the best short film for a young audience.

The national competition jury – made up of Jeroen Jaspaert (BE), Christine Polis (BE) and Ligia Soare (Animest, RO) - awarded the best Belgian short film offered by the SABAM to Britt Raes for Catherine.

Catherine

The SACD award went to Julien Grande's film Pour une poignée de girolles, while the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Grand Prix for the best short film was awarded to the duo Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier for their film La Rentrée des classes.

The festival public's favourite was the Japanese film Your Name by Makoto Shinkai, which was awarded the prize for best feature and the audience award for best feature for a young audience went to Rabbit School by Ute von Münchow-Pohl. On the shorts' side, the public chose Theodore Ushev's Blind Vaysha as best short film, while the young viewers chose the French short film Jubilé from the MoPA school.

This year, Anima festival hosted 70 international guests coming from Japan, South Korea, the USA and the four corners of Europe.

Anima 2017 Closing Ceremony (c) FOLIOSCOPE

The Full Anima 2017 award list:

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

Jury Awards

Grand Prix Anima 2017 for Best International Short Film, provided by the Brussels-Capital Region (2500€): Among the Black Waves (Sredi chernyh voln), Anna Budanova, Russia

Universidad ORT Uruguay is the organizer of animation festival FIA'17, to be held between October 25 and 27 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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